CN101448707B

CN101448707B - System and method for transferring and moving elements of an automatic packing machine

Info

Publication number: CN101448707B
Application number: CN2007800186460A
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·特雷比; A·比西; F·圣马丁
Original assignee: IMA Life SRL
Current assignee: IMA Life SRL
Priority date: 2006-04-05
Filing date: 2007-04-04
Publication date: 2011-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 2027-04-04
Also published as: WO2007113664A2; ITBO20060244A1; CN101448707A; WO2007113664A3; EP2007633B1; JP2009532294A; DE602007007461D1; ES2347488T3; EP2007633A2; US20090202335A1; US8613584B2; ATE472477T1; JP5015233B2

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for transferring and moving elements (50, 60) removably associable with a packaging machine (3) comprises at least a transferring unit (5) provided with movement means (20, 21) suitable for receiving and supporting the aforesaid elements (50, 60), the movement means (20, 21) being movable for transferring and/or removing the elements (50, 60) to and/or from the machine (3); a method for transferring and moving elements (50, 60) removably associable with a packaging machine (3) provides supporting and conveying the elements (50, 60) using at least a transferring unit (5) and transferring and/or removing the elements (50, 60) to and/or from the packaging machine (3) using the movement means (20, 21) of the transferring unit (5).

Description

Be used to shift and the system and method for the element of mobile automatic packaging machine

Technical field

The present invention relates to be used to shift and the system and method for the element of mobile automatic packaging machine.

Especially, the present invention relates on element, parts and the assembly of the machine that is used for packaging product, automatically or semi-automatically carry out multiple operated system and method, described product is for example medicine, be placed on aseptic and/or sterilized environment in, will make the explanation below this and clearly to introduce and do not lose the general-duty applicability thus.

Background technology

In pharmacy and biotechnological industries, often require packing of product technology to use sterile material and in sterilized environment, carry out, to prevent that product is subjected to particulate and bacterial contamination, i.e. the pollution that causes as the existence of ash, dust, spore and germ owing to solid suspended particulates in the air.

For this purpose, production system comprises and is inserted into clean room's in-to-in package packing machine or baling line, described clean room from around do not sterilize external environment condition or have the sterilization of different stage or the environment of pollution is separated out the inter-process environment, in fact be exactly the sterilization treatment environment.

The contamination level of environment is limited by the contaminate particulate quantity that exists in the unit volume air.Criteria table limits levels of contamination to every kind of situation, has defined the maximum allowable quantity of the contaminate particulate of specified size in every cub ft (US FEDSTD 209 Cleanroom standards) or the every cubic metres of air (ISO 14644-1Cleanroom standards).

The required levels of contamination of processing environment with want the closely related of packaged product.For example, for the medicine of parenteral or nasal-cavity administration, or ophthalmic products, require in Grade I SO 5 (ISO14644-1) or rank 100 (US FED STD 209) environment, to pack.

The separation of two environment and isolation purpose are also to prevent that human body is had potential toxicity and deletrious Product dispenser in external environment condition in some cases.

Processing environment aseptic and/or sterilization are by being included in each parts of clean room's in-to-in and element, and rely on existence by the suitable sterile air way flow of suitable absolute (HEPA) filter filtration to guarantee.One-way gas flow comprises the sterile air linear flow, and this linear flow almost is parallel to each other along identical direction, and the speed motion with roughly the same does not have disturbance with regard to having generated the pulsation-free windstream like this.This air-flow drops to the forward that sterile air is formed on the bottom from the top, prevent that them from rising once more from cavity bottom thereby any contaminate particulate that exists taken away.

Inside in the clean room is carried out multinomial intervening act for being subjected to assign to wrapping machine, for example resemble regulate, the operating personal of assembly and disassembly part and operating unit is provided with inlet, in all cases intervening act necessarily can not allow machine not sterilization zone as contain the mechanism that has living space and contact the sterilization treatment environment with kinematic mechanism.Purpose is that machine is operated and intervened and do not endanger the aseptic of sterilized environment and do not pollute the previous sterilized part and assembly that maybe will be installed on the machine that is installed in, with avoid requiring great effort, the program of recovery aseptic that length consuming time and cost are very high.

For this purpose, for fear of polluting sterilized environment, and the operating personal part that will contact especially, operating personal will be dressed suitable protective clothing, and this working clothes covers all parts of their health.

For any object that will introduce the clean room is suitably sterilized, be provided with high-pressure sterilizer, it is provided with two hatch, they respectively with the outside not sterilized environment and clean room's internal environment be communicated with, directly be connected between the described environment in order to preventing like this.

Like this, the element that operating personal can be installed on the machine is put into the clean room, and described element typically is standardized component, and operating unit and device for example will produced product installation or the container cladding system of changing when finishing.

These parts manually are transported on the machine that will install from high-pressure sterilizer by one or more operating personals.Yet, produced the requirement that the restriction operating personal is intervened recently, to prevent from they and the part of wanting packaged products to be easy to contact, for example to resemble to install, be used to guide and the parts of supplying products directly influence each other in batches.

In fact, though have been noted that they still constitute the potential source of particle contamination for operating personal provides protective gloves and working clothes.Described operating personal can cause the latter contaminated with sterilization object utmost point near-earth is approaching with contacting.

Thisly possiblely in some technology of the package, can be considered to unacceptable with potential pollution.

Thus, just need be and/or intervene the further sterilization treatment of the laggard row of part and assembly that is easy to the machine that contacts with product in each operation, set up required expense of operating system and temporal increase with follow-up thereupon.

Last what produce, need dismounting to contact or size and the unmatched machine part of next production batch, parts and operating unit usually with product.These elements have to be transferred to outside the clean room that will clean, wash sterilization then so that they are suitable for follow-up use.

Transfer to outside the clean room and undertaken by being communicated with the cabin, this communication chamber and high-pressure sterilizer similarly are provided with the Yishanmen that leads to the clean room and lead to the second fan door of the external environment condition of not sterilizing.Like this, the operating personal in the clean room will be transferred to described cabin from the element that machine disassembles, and after Yishanmen was closed hermetically, other operating personal shifted out them from this cabin they are washed and disinfecting action.

Yet the shortcoming that these manual work have is to force operating personal contact machine parts and components, has the more or less packaged product of quantity on them.In addition under the situation that is not special hazard and deletrious medicine-as the cytotoxin product, provide for this reason special procedure and containment-this and medicine direct, lasting with repeat contact and avoid, because this can make operating personal suffer may absorbing of uncertain quantity product, this has impairing one's health of different seriousness or causes the health disease.This is especially true under the situation of attritive powder shape product, and attritive powder can be diffused in the air easily and therefore be operated personnel's suction and/or absorption.

In order to overcome this problem, need limit the operating time of each operating personal usually, that is, operating personal contacts the time of the part of being touched by product.This realizes by frequent cyclical function personnel, and this just requires suitable operating personal quantity so that enough and be ready to operate in the clean room, and system operation cost increases thereupon.

Alternately, be necessary for operating personal special equipment is provided, as complete air tight working clothes and the face shield that operating personal and surrounding environment can be isolated fully.Except very expensive, such equipment forms very big restriction to motion and executable manual operation.

Summary of the invention

The apparatus and method that the objective of the invention is to improve known operation in sterilization atmosphere, the element of wrapping machine is handled and handled.

Another purpose is to design element, part, parts and the operating unit that can handle and transport wrapping machine in the sterilized environment atmosphere and the system and method that need do not intervened by the direct labor of operating personal.

Other purpose is to obtain to make part, parts and operating unit can be assembled on the wrapping machine automatically or from the wrapping machine dismounting and the system and method that needn't be intervened by the operating personal direct labor.

Also having another purpose is that invention prevents that the operating personal direct contact from having the system and method for the machine part of packaged product existence.

In a first aspect of the present invention, the system that is used to shift and move the element that detachably connects with wrapping machine is provided, this system comprises the buanch unit that is provided with mobile device at least, it is suitable for admitting and supporting described element, described mobile device is movably, is used for described element being transferred to described machine and/or removing from described machine.

Because this aspect of the present invention, just may provide element such as part, parts that can make wrapping machine, operating unit is transferred and move and do not need the system of operating personal direct labor intervention.Particularly, give the credit to buanch unit, can on automatic packaging machine, assemble or dismantle from it a plurality of different elements, and without operating personal direct contact element.If machine is placed in the clean room, this has superiority especially.In this case, operating personal with to be installed in sterilization element on the machine, and with the direct contact of producing when finishing the element of being stained that will unload from machine by product in fact be worthless, and be unacceptable sometimes.

Under first kind of situation, described system can make element keep sterility (levels of contamination) with they pars when high-pressure sterilizer comes out.

Under second kind of situation, thereby described system contacts with product to protect to prevent to absorb to operating personal and does not specify quantitative described product, and described absorption may be harmful in operator ' s health or causes the health disease.

In a second aspect of the present invention, the method that is used to shift and move the element that detachably connects with wrapping machine is provided, has it is characterized in that providing at least by buanch unit and supported and transport described element and described element moved to described wrapping machine and/or remove from described wrapping machine with the mobile device of described buanch unit.The present invention can be by being better understood and realizing with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it shows preferred implementation by the non-restrictive example diagram, and wherein accompanying drawing is:

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic plan view according to the system of manipulation of the present invention and pack processing installation element, its wrapping machine that shows inner treatment chamber especially be arranged in different, continuous operating position on the buanch unit that is provided with;

Fig. 2 is the buanch unit and the bracket system schematic and enlarged side view linked together of system among Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is that wrapping machine is united the schematic side elevation that is in the operational phase among buanch unit and Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the planar view of buanch unit and wrapping machine, shows described buanch unit and is in the position of hooking on the described machine, and second hooks position with dashed lines representative;

Fig. 5 is the partial enlarged view of Fig. 4, shows first element on the bracing or strutting arrangement that partly is connected to wrapping machine;

The partial enlarged view of Fig. 6 Fig. 1, it is linked together with the washing unit at connection location to show buanch unit, the representative of the second connection location with dashed lines.

The specific embodiment

With reference to figure 1-6, mainly show the system 1 that is used to shift and move the

element

50,60 that is used for automatic packaging machine 3, automatic packaging machine is at the internal operation of controlled environment process chamber 2.

Element

50,60 comprises part, element, operating unit and the device of described machine 3, comprise for example be configured in container (not shown) inside to medicine in batches and be used to cover described container in batches/cover machine.

According to shown in Fig. 1, process chamber 2 is the clean rooms that are generally used for the drug manufacture type, promptly isolate with external environment condition by tight wall and door, thereby under the flox condition of vertical unidirectional sterile air, limit sterilized environment, described unidirectional sterile air flow through that unshowned known air is handled and the control apparatus generation.

Chamber 2 is provided with communication chamber 6 at least, promptly so-called transfer lining, and it is connected described chamber 2 with work stall 7, and this work stall 7 has uncontrolled atmosphere or the class of contamination that has in any case is lower than or very near the class of contamination of process chamber 2.

Aforesaid communication chamber 6 is provided with towards chamber 2 in-to-ins, first access door 66 and is provided with second access door 67 towards work stall 7.Can prevent direct connection between chamber 2 inside and the work stall 7 with this two fans door, so that keep the globality of chamber 2 inner sterilization atmosphere.Communication chamber 6 also is passed into unidirectional sterilization air-flow makes the atmosphere of its internal atmosphere and chamber 2 adapt with the open period at first 66.

System 1 further comprises bactericidal unit 4, and this bactericidal unit 4 comprises the high-pressure sterilizer of one or more known types, and it is suitable for

element

50,60 sterilizations that will put in the described process chamber 2.Similar to communication chamber 6, high-pressure sterilizer 4 is provided with also that inside enters hatch 64 and the outside enters hatch 65, and they are suitable for making high-pressure sterilizer 4 to be communicated with chamber 2 and work stall 7 respectively.

System 1 further comprises having buanch unit 5 at least, and it is for movably and be arranged to a plurality of

elements

50,60 are transported to wrapping machine 3 and are transported to work stall 7 by communication chamber 6 from wrapping machine 3 from work stall 7 by high-pressure sterilizer 4.

In fact, buanch unit 5 is to be arranged to be sterilized with the

element

50,60 that is contained in therebetween in high-pressure sterilizer 4 inside.For this reason, buanch unit 5 and element the 50, the 60th are made by the material that is suitable for bearing sterilising temp and pressure.

According to shown in Fig. 2, buanch unit 5 comprises mobile device 20,21, and it is for movably and be arranged to be used to support and move each

element

50,60 that will be installed on the wrapping machine 3 or dismantle from wrapping machine 3.Particularly mobile device 20,21 is movably between the first operating position D and the second operating position E (Fig. 3), for example is used for moving and/or

transfer element

50,60; Wherein, be disposed in described buanch unit 5 inside at described position D mobile device 20,21, and protrude in outside the described buanch unit in described position E mobile device 20,21 parts.

Mobile device 20,21 comprises grabbing device 22,23 separately, and this device is suitable for hooking the connecting bridge 51,61 of

element

50,60.

According to shown in Fig. 2,3 and 4, mobile device 20,21 comes manual driven by controller such as crank or the handwheel of operating personal by separately.Without the latter, can use portable actuating device, for example available electric screwdriver.In unshowned embodiment, mobile device 20,21 drives by being installed in motor on the buanch unit 5 and/or actuator movably, like this so as can in high-pressure sterilizer, to wash and sterilization phase during disassemble.Alternately, described motor apparatus is constructed aptly and is isolated to bear washer solvent and sterilization pressure and temperature.

Buanch unit 5 further comprises support frame 25, and described mobile device 20,21 is fixed on this support frame slidably.

Framework 25 is provided with wheel 26 and is used to make unit 5 to move.

Particularly, the described wheel can make described buanch unit 5 easily insert bactericidal unit 4 and/or extract and/or extract from communication chamber 6 from bactericidal unit 4.

Though the atmosphere in the chamber 4 be sterilization and be the class of contamination that adapts with the processing type that will carry out, but the floor of described chamber 4 can be considered to thereon or be lower or very approaching class of contamination near its place, this is owing to unidirectional vertical air-flow, may be present in pollution solid particulate in the chamber and be scattered and keep restrained.

Like this, in order to prevent that buanch unit 5 on the aforementioned floor of direct contact, the exit of high-pressure sterilizer 4, is provided with bracket system 8, it is arranged to accommodate and support buanch unit 5 in process chamber 2 inside.

According to shown in Fig. 3, bracket system 8 has supporting plane 27, and this supporting plane is arranged to the position identical with the basal surface of high-pressure sterilizer 4 and communication chamber 6 or height so that can make buanch unit 5 be inserted into and/or withdraw from buanch unit 5.

The device 19 (Fig. 2) that removes that is fixed on the bracket system 8 is set for and hooks and be dragged to aforementioned buanch unit 5 on the bracket system 8 or be used for it is released outside the bracket system 8.

Remove device 19 and comprise, for example, sleeve telescopic boom or telescoping mechanism, it can extend and shorten and be provided with the free end of support frame 25 parts that are suitable for gripping buanch unit 5.Removing device 19 can be by operating personal by crank or handwheel 19a or use electric screwdriver to come manual driven.

According to as shown in Figure 2, bracket system 8 further is provided with storing apparatus 9, and this device is suitable for forming the covered structure that can seal buanch unit 5 fully.Described storing apparatus 9 is essentially box-like and comprises two osed top sidewalls, and two remaining relative walls are provided with corresponding removable door 24a, 24b, are used for entering and decorporating of buanch unit 5.

Control apparatus 10 is set at the top of storing apparatus 9 so that produce unidirectional vertical air-flow from the top to the bottom.Control apparatus 10 comprises one or more fans or blowing engine 28, and described fan or blowing engine can aspirate sterile air and guide it to pass through filtering installation 29 from process chamber, HEPA absolute filter (absolute filter) for example, and to buanch unit 5.

For the ease of moving bracket system 8, that may use is motor driven pallet 39 (transpallet), and it can lifting and moving bracket system 8 and buanch unit 5.

In unshowned embodiment, further provide bracket system 8 to be provided with actuating device and control setup, they are shaped as and are used for according to the track of setting and path and independently and automatically mobile aforementioned bracket device 8, and do not have the help of operating personal.Bracket system 8 can comprise, the AGV of known type (automatically guided vehicle) unit for example, and it can move or by radio-type navigationsystem or GPS guiding along the magnetic orbit that obtains in the floor of process chamber 2.

According to what illustrated among Fig. 4, wrapping machine 3 comprises centering means 11,12, and they can make bracket system 8, and promptly buanch unit 5 is placed on the one or more positions of hooking with respect to machine 3.

For example, two corresponding specific areas of operation of hooking position (Fig. 4) corresponding to machine 3 being arranged, is respectively first operating area 71, will assemble first element 50 at this place, and second operating area 72, needs to install second element 60 at this place.

Centering means 11,12 can comprise, for example one or more pairs of jaws or elongated member are typically first pair of jaw 11 and second pair of jaw 12, each in them each operating

area

72,72 place perpendicular to machine 3 by under anterior 3a and be fixed.

The every pair of

jaw

11,12 is spaced from each other and diverges in the outside of machine 3, thus like this in case in abutting connection with bracket system 8 by under sidewall little by little guide the latter and make the latter placed in the middle, be pushed to machine 3 at corresponding position G1, the G2 of hooking that limits.

Hook position G1, G2 at each, at centering

means

11,12 places, buanch unit 5 is locked on the machine 3 removedly by coupling device 13, described coupling device 13 is configured to engage with corresponding anchor fitting 68,69, described anchor fitting 68,69 is arranged on machine 3 described by under leading portion.Particularly, machine 3 comprises first anchor fitting 68, and it is associated with first pair of jaw 11, and second anchor fitting 69, and it is associated with second pair of jaw 12.

Coupling device 13 comprises that pin 13a for example pair of parallel and that separate (Fig. 3), described pin are rotatably connected to the support frame 25 of buanch unit 5 and are provided with outside thread.Pin 13a is arranged to insert and screw in respective threads seat 68a, the 69a (having only a 68a to be illustrated) of corresponding anchor fitting 68,69 in Fig. 3.

Coupling device 13 is promptly sold 13a, can rely on operating personal manually to rotate with corresponding bar 13b, described bar 13b by crank 13c or portable actuating device for example electric screwdriver control.

In unshowned embodiment, further provide coupling device 13 to be fixed on the bracket system 8 so that the latter is locked on the machine 3.In this case, removing device 19 keeps buanch unit 5 and is fixed on the bracket system 8.

According to shown in Fig. 3,4 and 5, bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36 is set on the machine 3 so that the

respective element

50,60 of being transported by buanch unit 5 can be mounted and dismantle.

Bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36 comprises supporting member 31,37 separately, this supporting member 31,37 is fixed to the horizontal plane and/or the perpendicular of machine 3, and be provided with and hook device 33,34 (Fig. 5) accordingly, this device is suitable for fixing and supporting

member

50,60.

Bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36 further comprises connecting device 32 electricity that is used to connect machine, compressed-air controlled, fluid, supplying products loop, past/as to send and receive the loop of electricity or optical signal from inductor, and be used to be connected to the power of machine and the hookup 35 of kinematic mechanism.

Specifically, with reference to wrapping machine shown in the figure 1-6, first bracing or strutting arrangement 30 is arranged to admit and support first element 50, for example is to be used for powder-product is dosed into operating unit in the container, and comprises two parts.

First bracing or strutting arrangement 30 comprises first supporting member 31, and this element is fixed on the horizontal plane of machine 3 and is provided with first of the abutment means 52 that is suitable for adjacency and lock operation unit 50 and hooks device 33.Hook the seat 33 of device for the moulding that for example is suitable for admitting corresponding stop pin 52.Be provided with connecting device 32 and be used for linking to each other with the supplying products loop with the pneumatic of machine, and hookup 35, it comprises that the motor driven pin that links to each other with the motor of machine is in order to drive the mechanical device of operating unit 50.

On the other hand, second bracing or strutting arrangement 36 is set for admittance and supports second element 60, comprises the soruce of vibration equipment of the covering that for example is used for closed container.Second bracing or strutting arrangement 36 comprises second supporting member 37, and this supporting member is fixed on the horizontal plane of machine 3, and aforementioned means 60 is locked on this machine 3.Second hooks device 34 locks onto second supporting member 37 with second element 60.

System 1 is included in work stall 7 in-to-ins washings unit 14 (Fig. 1 and 6), and it is configured to internally and from

outside wash components

50,60.

Be typically described element and comprise and the contacted operating unit of product, part and assembly, they are pulled down from machine when producing end, need clean and wash.

According to will in follow-up explanation, detailed disclosed operating process using buanch unit 5 that described element is transferred to washing unit 14 from wrapping machine 3.

According to what be shown in further detail among Fig. 1, in work stall 7 inside other bracket system 8 ' can be set, it is consistent with bracket system 8, operation and be provided for admitting in the exit of communication chamber 6 buanch unit 5 in process chamber 2.

Buanch unit 5 may be contained in the inside of described other bracket system 8 ', is moved and is made it be contiguous to washing unit 14 by operating personal.

Similar to the situation of wrapping machine 3, buanch unit 5 is positioned at respect to washing unit 14 in the different connection locations one, and it is by being arranged on the described washing unit 14 and each centering means 81,82 basic the same with the centering means 11,12 (Fig. 6) of wrapping machine 3 carries out.

On each connection location, buanch unit 5 is locked on the washing unit 14 removedly at centering

means

81,82 places, and this is because the coupling device 13 of described unit 5 can engage the

respective fixation device

83,84 by being provided with on the lower front portion that is arranged on described washing unit 14.The anchor fitting 83,84 of washing unit 14 and the anchor fitting 68,69 of wrapping machine 3 are about the same.

With particular reference to Fig. 6, buanch unit can be for example two with the connection location of washing unit 14: the first connection location L1, be used for first element 50 is transferred to the washing unit 14 and the second connection location L2, and be used to shift second element 60.

Washing unit 14 comprises protective case 45; it is provided with one or more doors and limits inner scrubbing space 49; with bearing set 40,46; its bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36 with wrapping machine 3 is the same substantially, as is configured for each

element

50,60 that is installed on the machine 3 can be mounted and dismantle.

Bearing set 40,46 comprises supporting

member

71,47 separately, this element be fixed on the plane of washing unit 14 and be provided with separately

hook device

43,44, be suitable for hooking and supporting

member

50,60.

Different with bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36, bearing set 40,46 can comprise connecting portion and junction surface, is suitable for carrying in

element

50,60 cleansing fluid.

With particular reference to Fig. 6, washing unit 14 is arranged to admit and can be fixed on first element 50 on first bearing set 40 and can admits second element 60 that is fixed on the other hand on second bearing set 46.

First element 50 is the unit in batches that are fixed on first bearing set 40, like this, the feedway 42 that includes the washing unit 14 at suitable junction surface can be transported to cleansing fluid in the inner passage of conduit, pipeline and described operating unit 50 and be used for inner washing and cleaning.

Washing unit 14 further is provided with dissemination apparatus 48, is arranged in the inner scrubbing space 49 in order to washing operation unit 50 externally.Dissemination apparatus 48 comprises, for example is distributed in a plurality of shower nozzles in the inner scrubbing space 49 or nozzle 48a in order to spray and the outside face of

spray element

50,60.

In the embodiment of unshowned system, provide other washing unit to be used for washing automatically buanch unit 5, and without the manual intervention of operating personal, so that eliminate possible product vestige and residual from the support frame 25 and the mobile device 20,21 of separating institute's

delivery element

50,60.

The operation of system 1 provides first order of control step basically, as production be wrapping machine 3 operation preparation and will be at second order of producing the step that ending carries out.

At first, be washed and the inside that places controlled atmosphere process chamber 2 on the wrapping machine 3 will be installed and be assembled in to the

executive component

50,60 of sterilizing.

The

element

50,60 that is cleaned in work stall 7 and washs is disposed on the mobile unit 5.

Then, mobile unit 5 and the

element

50,60 that is present in wherein are introduced in the high-pressure sterilizer 4, and they are sterilized at this.

In the ending of sterilization steps, operating personal is opened entering inner hatch 64 and arranging the bracket system 8 that is suitable for receiving and holding buanch unit 5 of high-pressure sterilizer 4.The operating personal operation removes device 19, and it hooks buanch unit 5 and pull in the bracket system 8.

The control apparatus 10 of bracket system 8 carries out work so that the relative chamber 2 of the storing apparatus 9 in-to-in atmosphere overvoltage a little that is directed to unidirectional vertical air-flow on the unit 5 from pre-portion to the bottom and keeps bracket system 8 enters to prevent possible contaminative solia particle.

When removable door one of 24a, 24b of storing apparatus 9 open, operating personal operation bracket system 8, for example remove device 19 in order to driving, this remove device 19 always be arranged in described unlatching the door a relative side, the possible contaminate particulate of Xiao Chuing can not penetrate into storing apparatus inside like this, thus.

Make bracket system 8 near machine 3 before, operating personal is opened in the face of door 24a, 24b on the wall of described machine, simultaneously, machine 3 have a protection structure 55 56 opened (Fig. 1) in advance to answering the door.

If first executive component 50 will be installed on the machine 3, operating personal just allows bracket system 8 approaching, and mode is that first centering means 11 accurately is positioned at bracket system 8 in first operating area 71 of machine 3.

After the location, operating personal drives coupling device 13 and so that hook G1 place, position first buanch unit 5 is locked on the machine 3.

So just can drive first mobile device 20 of buanch unit 5 and first element 50 is positioned on first bracing or strutting arrangement 30.Especially, first mobile device 20 is transferred to first element 50 on first supporting member 31 of first bracing or strutting arrangement 30, make operating unit 50 stop pin 52 with hook device 33 and engage.Simultaneously, element 50 engages various supply circuits and the mechanical power point 35 in order to be connected to machine with junction surface 32.

After the installation of finishing first element 50, coupling device 13 is broken away from from first anchor fitting 68, buanch unit 5 can discharge from machine 3.At this moment, bracket system 8 can be away from machine 3, and if desired, can move in second operating area 72 of machine 3 to be used to install second element 60.

Buanch unit hooks position G2 second then and is engaged device 13 and is locked on the machine 3, and second mobile device 21 is driven in order to second element 60 is positioned on second supporting member 37.

Aforementioned operation is recycled and reused for and will be installed in a plurality of elements that are present on the machine on the buanch unit 5.

When operation was finished, wrapping machine 3 just was ready for production.

The same order that

element

50,60 is installed in required step on the machine 3 can should be used for

element

50,60 is dismantled and is loaded on the buanch unit 5 by transpose, so that be transported to outside the process chamber 2.In this case, moving meter 20,21 will hook and take out

element

50,60 from bracing or strutting arrangement 30,36 separately.

By during the moving of process chamber 2, particulate and product residue that the storing apparatus 9 of bracket system 8 prevents to be present on the

element

50,60 are scattered in chamber 2, and particularly contact with the operating personal of working on bracket system 8.

Bracket system 8 is brought to communication chamber 6 then, and first entrance door 66 that leads to chamber 2 is opened, and leads to second channel door 67 gas tight seals of work stall 7.

Removing device 19 is driven so that buanch unit 5 is pushed in the communication chamber 6.The bottom surface that the communication chamber 6 similar to high-pressure sterilizer 4 has in the supporting plane 27 of bracket system 8 much at one level height so that buanch unit 5 can move.

In the disclosed in the above various control steps, the

various handling device

19,13,20,21 of the artificial moving bracket system 8 of one or more operating personals and manual driven buanch unit 5 and bracket system 8.

In any case, buanch unit 5 and bracket system 8 can comprise the actuating device and the control setup of unshowned known type, be configured to mobile aforementioned bracket device 8 and independently also automatically drive various handling device, and the help or the existence of operating personal need not arranged in process chamber 2 inside.

In case buanch unit has been introduced high-pressure sterilizer 4 inside and Yishanmen 66 has been closed, just can open the second fan door 67 in this space, so that allow operating personal can remove buanch unit 5.

If the floor of work stall 7 is in differentiated levels, for example low than the basal surface in described space 6 level height will be provided with inclined ramp so that can come out from communication chamber 6.

Alternately, can provide other bracket system 8 ', use and be used for taking out described unit 5 identical operations program and order, can remove buanch unit 5 from high-pressure sterilizer 4.

Buanch unit 5 is moved until it by operating personal and abuts against on the washing unit 14, and thus, it is located and be locked in connection location L1, the L2 that is provided in order.

To similar about bracket system 8 what happens in process chamber 2 inside, operating personal and buanch unit 5 cooperatively interact, and will himself place relative rear side 5A, this side 5A in buanch unit 5 with advance into side 5B relative (Fig. 1).Product residue on so just having prevented operating personal and being present in the

element

50,60 that buanch unit 5 transports contacts.

At the first connection location L1 place, first mobile device 20 of buanch unit 5 shifts first element 50 and be installed on first bearing set 40 of washing unit 14.This installs further to relate to and is connected to the junction and the junction surface that are arranged in first bearing set 40 and is used to carry cleansing fluid being present in conduit, pipeline and inner passage in first element.

At the second connection location L2 place, second mobile device 21 moves second element 60 and be installed on second bearing set 46.In this case, because second element 60 is not provided with conduit and inner passage, on second bearing set 46, just do not need the distribution that specific junction surface and junction are used for cleansing fluid.

Obviously, the element that washing unit 14 bases will be able to be washed is constructed, just comprise other bearing set so like this, it is suitable for preparing to be used for admitting and supporting each element, and this bearing set is provided with or is not provided for the junction surface and the junction of described element internal washing.

In case element has been assembled on the washing unit 14, corresponding protection cover 45 can be closed, and just can start outside and inner cycles of washing then.

The method of inside and outside washing, duration and characteristics are that the type according to packaging product, form and structure, the required cleaning requirement of element wait to determine.

After washing finishes, can use buanch unit 5 or manually

executive component

50,60 is unloaded from washing unit 14 by operating personal.

Under first kind of situation,

element

50,60 has been washed aptly and has been met required cleaning requirement, thereby can sterilize in buanch unit 5 is transported to high-pressure sterilizer 4.Before removing element, buanch unit 5 is cleaned in advance and is washed, like this so that eliminate the product vestige may be present on support frame 25, mobile device 20,21 and the grabbing device 22,23 and residual.Buanch unit 5 relies on the operating personal hand washing or use is corresponding and specific washing unit washs automatically.

If abundant inadequately by the washing that washing unit 14 carries out, if perhaps

element

50,60 will be dismantled in order to transform, to regulate or to repair, they will be controlled by operating personal.But, this controlling under this step is safe, because the most of products that are present on the

element

50,60 have been eliminated in the automated cleaning process of washing in the unit 14.

After these manual operations finish,

element

50,60 can be positioned on the buanch unit 5, be placed on then in the high-pressure sterilizer 4 and sterilize.

Should be noted that, for the system of target of the present invention can make the element of wrapping machine can S. A. or automatically do not shift and move and need not carry out the direct labor to described element and intervene by operating personal.

This prevents to have washed during installation phase and may the polluting of the element of sterilizing, and prevents during the dismounting stage that operating personal from contacting with packaged product and all be even more important.

In the embodiment of system, so operating sequence can both automatically perform and need in process chamber 2 operating personal do not arranged.

Very clear, system 1 can be included in a plurality of wrapping machine 3 in the process chamber 2, and independent operation on different manufacturing lines or series is joined together to form complete baling line.Similarly, can use in system 1 that a plurality of buanch units 5 and a plurality of corresponding bracket system 8 shift simultaneously, a plurality of elements of Assembly ﹠Disassembly, shorten the operating time thus.

Claims

1. one kind is used for shifting and the mobile element (50 removably relevant with wrapping machine (3), 60) system, described system comprises buanch unit (5) at least, this buanch unit (5) is provided with mobile device (20,21), this mobile device is suitable for admitting and supporting described element (50,60), described mobile device (20,21) be movably in order to described element (50,60) be transferred to described wrapping machine (3) and/or remove from described wrapping machine (3), it is characterized in that described system comprises the treatment chamber (2) that is suitable for holding described wrapping machine (3) and described buanch unit (5); Described treatment chamber (2) be isolate and have controlled sterilization atmosphere.

2. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described buanch unit (5) comprises support frame (25), this support frame (25) is provided with wheel (26) and is suitable for supporting slidably described mobile device (20,21).

3. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described mobile device (20,21) comprises corresponding grabbing device (22,23), described grabbing device (22,23) is arranged to hook the fixed part (51,61) of described element (50,60).

4. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described mobile device (20,21) is movably between first operating position (D) and second operating position (E), be disposed in described buanch unit (5) inside at the above mobile device of described first operating position (D) (20,21), stretch in order to transfer element (50,60) at the above mobile device of described second operating position (E) (20,21).

5. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described mobile device (20,21) can be by the operating personal manual driven.

6. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described mobile device (20,21) is driven by the actuation gear that is connected on the described support frame (25).

7. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described buanch unit (5) comprises coupling device (13), and this coupling device (13) is arranged to engage removedly described buanch unit (5) is locked onto on the described anchor fitting with the anchor fitting (68,69) of described wrapping machine (3).

8. system as claimed in claim 1 comprises being suitable for supporting and transporting the bracket system (8) of described buanch unit (5).

9. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described bracket system (8) comprises storing apparatus (9), this storing apparatus (9) is arranged to seal described buanch unit (5).

10. system as claimed in claim 9, wherein, described bracket system (8) comprises control apparatus (10), this control apparatus (10) is disposed in the top of storing apparatus (9) and is suitable in the vertical basically one-way gas flow of the inner generation of described storing apparatus (9).

11. as the system of claim 10, wherein, described control apparatus (10) comprises fan assembly (28) and filtering installation (29).

12. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described bracket system (8) can move by operating personal or by driven carriage (39) artificially.

13. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described bracket system (8) comprises actuating device and control setup, and this actuating device and control setup are suitable for moving described bracket system (8) automatically along track of setting and path.

14. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described bracket system (8) comprise be suitable for hooking and lock described buanch unit (5) remove device (19), the described device (19) that removes can be moved further and is used for described buanch unit (5) being introduced described bracket system (8) and/or discharging from described bracket system (8).

15. system as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described bracket system (8) comprising: coupling device (13), described coupling device (13) are arranged to engage removedly described bracket system (8) is locked onto on the anchor fitting of described wrapping machine (3) with the anchor fitting (68,69) of described wrapping machine (3); Bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36), this bracing or strutting arrangement comprise be suitable in abutting connection with and lock described element (50,60) abutment means (52) hook device (33,34).

16. as the system of claim 15, wherein, described bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36) comprises connecting device (32), described connecting device (32) is used for described element (50,60) is connected to the loop of wrapping machine (3).

17. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described treatment chamber (2) comprises the device that is used to produce controlled one-way gas flow.

18. system as claimed in claim 1 comprises work stall (7), described work stall (7) is adjacent with described treatment chamber (2) and link to each other with described treatment chamber (2) by communication chamber (6); Described communication chamber (6) comprises first access door (66) that leads to described treatment chamber (2) and second access door (67) that leads to described work stall (7).

19. as the system of claim 18, wherein, described communication chamber (6) comprises and being used at the inner device that produces controlled one-way gas flow of described communication chamber (6).

20. system as claimed in claim 1 comprises being configured for placing and holding the bactericidal unit (4) of described buanch unit (5).

21. system as claim 20, comprise the work stall (7) adjacent with described treatment chamber (2), wherein, described bactericidal unit (4) comprises high-pressure sterilizer, and described high-pressure sterilizer is provided with the outside that the inside that enters described treatment chamber (2) enters hatch (64) and enter described work stall (7) and enters hatch (65).

22. system as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described element (50,60) and described buanch unit (5) can be sterilized in high-pressure sterilizer.

23. system as claimed in claim 1 comprises being suitable for externally and/or the inner washing unit (14) that washs described element (50,60) at least.

24. as the system of claim 23, comprise work stall (7), described work stall (7) is adjacent with described treatment chamber (2) and link to each other with described treatment chamber (2) by communication chamber (6); Described communication chamber (6) comprises first access door (66) that leads to described treatment chamber (2) and second access door (67) that leads to described work stall (7), and wherein, described washing unit (14) is placed in the described work stall (7).

25. as the system of claim 23, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises protective case (45), described protective case (45) is provided with one or more doors and limits inner scrubbing space (49).

26. system as claim 25, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises the bearing set (40,46) that is suitable in the washing step process supporting described element (50,60), and described bearing set (40,46) further is configured for to be received described element (50,60) and described element (50,60) is given the described mobile device (20,21) of described buanch unit (5) from the described mobile device (20,21) of described buanch unit (5).

27. as the system of claim 26, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises feedway (42), described feedway (42) is suitable for being connected to described element (50) with at element (50) delivered inside cleansing fluid.

28. as the system of claim 25, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises dissemination apparatus (48), described dissemination apparatus (48) is arranged in the described inner scrubbing space (49) in order to cleansing fluid is sprayed on the described element (50,60).

29. as the system of claim 28, wherein, described dissemination apparatus (48) comprises a plurality of shower nozzles or nozzle (48a).

30. system as claim 23, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises corresponding centering means (81,82), and described corresponding centering means (81,82) is suitable for limiting at least one connection location (L1, L2) of described buanch unit (5) to described washing unit (14).

31. as the system of claim 30, wherein, the described corresponding centering means (81,82) of washing unit (14) comprises at least one pair of elongated elements, they are separated from each other and are substantially parallel, and it is fixing to be substantially perpendicular to described washing unit (14).

32. system as claim 30, wherein, described buanch unit (5) comprises coupling device (13), this coupling device (13) is arranged to the anchor fitting (68 with described wrapping machine (3), 69) engage removedly described buanch unit (5) is locked onto on the described anchor fitting, wherein, described washing unit (14) comprises anchor fitting (83,84), the anchor fitting (83 of described washing unit (14), 84) coupling device (13) that is suitable for being transferred unit (5) engage in order to buanch unit (5) at described connection location (L1, L2) be locked on the described washing unit (14).

33. one kind is used for shifting and moving the element (50 that removably connects with wrapping machine (3), 60) method, described method comprises uses at least one buanch unit (5) to support and transport described element (50,60), and be used for moving the mobile device (20 of described buanch unit (5), 21) with described element (50,60) be transferred to described wrapping machine (3) and/or with described element (50,60) remove from described wrapping machine (3), it is characterized in that described method provides in bactericidal unit (4) holding described element (50,60) described buanch unit (5) is sterilized.

34. as the method for claim 33, wherein, described transfer comprises described element (50,60) is fixed to described element (50,60) on the corresponding bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36) of described wrapping machine (3) then from inner the moving of described buanch unit (5).

35., wherein, describedly fixedly comprise abutment means (52) adjacency of described element (50,60) and be locked in the hooking on the device (33,34) of described bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36) as the method for claim 34.

36. as the method for claim 34, wherein, be connected to described element (50,60) on the supply circuit of described wrapping machine (3) described fixedly comprising, and be connected on the actuating unit and kinematic mechanism of described wrapping machine (3).

37. as the method for claim 34, wherein, described transfer comprises that the described element (50,60) that will be fixed on the corresponding bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36) discharges.

38. as the method for claim 37, wherein, described release comprises that the grabbing device (22,23) that uses mobile device (20,21) breaks off relations the fixed part (51,61) of described element (50,60).

39. method as claim 34, wherein, described described element (50,60) is removed from described wrapping machine (3) comprises from the corresponding bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36) of described wrapping machine (3) dismounting described element (50,60) and in that buanch unit (5) is inner and moves them.

40. as the method for claim 39, wherein, described dismounting comprises from the supply circuit of wrapping machine (3) and the connection that disconnects described element (50,60) from the travel mechanism that is used for mobile described wrapping machine (3).

41. method as claim 39, wherein, describedly fixedly comprise abutment means (52) adjacency of described element (50,60) and be locked in the hooking on the device (33,34) of described bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36), wherein, described dismounting comprises that the described abutment means (52) that makes described element (50,60) breaks away from from the described device (33,34) that hooks of described bracing or strutting arrangement (30,36), uses the grabbing device (22,23) of described mobile device (20,21) to hook the fixed part (51,61) of described element (50,60) then.

42., wherein, before described transfer and/or removing, provide described buanch unit (5) to lock onto described wrapping machine (3) removedly as the method for claim 33.

43. as the method for claim 42, wherein, described locking comprises the coupling device of described buanch unit (5) (13) is joined on the anchor fitting (68,69) of described wrapping machine (3).

44., wherein, after described transfer and/or removing, provide from described wrapping machine (3) to discharge described buanch unit (5) as the method for claim 33.

45. as the method for claim 44, wherein, described release comprises that the coupling device (13) that makes described buanch unit (5) breaks away from from the anchor fitting (68,69) of described wrapping machine (3).

46., comprise the artificial described buanch unit (5) that moves as the method for claim 33.

47. as the method for claim 46, side (5A) that is included in described buanch unit (5) and the artificial mutual action of described buanch unit (5), described side (5A) is with to enter the approaching side (5B) that described buanch unit (5) inside provides access relative.

48., wherein, after described sterilization, provide described buanch unit (5) introduced the interior step of bracket system (8) as the method for claim 33.

49., wherein, use the described support that described buanch unit (5) carries out described element (50,60) and transport to comprise and move described bracket system (8) as the method for claim 48.

50., be included in the inner one-way gas flow that produces of described bracket system (8) as the method for claim 48.

51., comprise the artificial described bracket system (8) that moves as the method for claim 48.

52., comprise that the actuating device and the control setup that use described bracket system (8) move described bracket system (8) automatically along track of setting and path as the method for claim 48.

53. as the method for claim 48, wherein, described introducing comprises uses the device (19) that removes of described bracket system (8) to hook and lock described buanch unit (5).

54., comprise the described stage that removes device (19) of manual driven as the method for claim 53.

55., wherein, provide described wrapping machine (3) is positioned at treatment chamber (2) inside as the method for claim 33.

56., comprise with controlled sterilization atmosphere keeping described treatment chamber (2) to be isolated as the method for claim 55.

57., comprise that the described buanch unit (5) that will accommodate described element (50,60) by described bactericidal unit (4) is incorporated in the described treatment chamber (2) as the method for claim 55.

58., comprise that the described buanch unit (5) that will accommodate described element (50,60) by communication chamber (6) moves to adjacent work stall (7) from described treatment chamber (2) as the method for claim 55.

59., comprise with controlled sterilization atmosphere keeping described communication chamber (6) to be isolated as the method for claim 58.